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Episode 138: Mark Lewis discusses hypersonics and the importance of research in national defense
Mark Lewis, Emerging Technologies Institute, Science and Technology Policy Institute, hypersonics, MIT, NASA, Daniel Hastings, Vital Signs Project, U.S. Air Force, Mike Griffin, RS-28 Sarmat, Day With
Episode 137: Greg Potter discusses lifestyle changes for better health and sounder sleep
Greg Potter, CPAP, sleep apnea, circadian rhythm, Satchin Panda, chronotypes, chrononutrition , chronopharmacology, muscle mass,protein, evolutionary biology,sleep disorders,sleep supplements,Resilien
Episode 136: Greg Potter talks about circadian biology and the importance of sleep
Greg Potter, circadian biology, sleep, metabolism, Resilient Nutrition, melatonin, biological clocks, peripheral clocks, circadian rhythm, shift work, Tommy Wood, Satchin Panda, REM sleep disorder, Ke
Episode 135: Elaine Lee discusses human performance, resilience and healthspan
Elaine Lee, Marvel comics, Mount Desert Island Biological Lab, kinesiology, resilience, osmosensing, apoptosis, lymphocyte heat shock, keto-adapted athletes, Jeff Volek, Aronia fruit, omics, network p
Episode 134: Mike Griffin discusses America’s hypersonic arms race with Russia and China
Michael Griffin, hypersonics, Mark Lewis,Pentagon, NASA, Russian, China, Ukraine, defense undersecretary, aerodynamic heating, Apollo, X-15, Cold War, arms race, ballistic missiles, warheads, Mach 5,
Episode 133: Mark Mattson talks about the benefits and science of intermittent fasting
Mark Mattson, National Institute of Health, Johns Hopkins, intermittent fasting, time-restricted eating, 5:2 diet, glucose, ketones, ketogenic diet, Alzheimer’s, inflammation, stroke, diabetes, GABAer
Episode 132: Martin Kulldorff discusses vaccines, lockdowns, school closings and the global response to COVID-19
Martin Kulldorff, COVID-19, vaccines, school closings, lockdowns, mask mandates, Great Barrington Declaration,MMR vaccine,infectious diseases,herd immunity,age-adjusted COVID mortality rate,John Snow
Episode 131: Christopher Logothetis discusses advances in prostate cancer therapies
Christopher Logothetis, cancer, MD Anderson, Human Genome Project, germ-cell tumors, Radium-223, metastatic prostate cancer, prostate-specific antigen, TGCT, Smith Test, stress response therapy,Prostr
Episode 130: Josh Turknett talks about holistic approaches that help people end chronic migraines
SEO: Josh Turknett, Wesleyan, Keto for Migraine, behavioral neuroscience, migraine, Brainjo, prodrome, ketogenic diet,epilepsy, metabolic disorders, dementia, Demand Driven Decline Theory, Dale Brede
Episode 129: Morley Stone talks about biomimetics and human performance augmentation
Morley Stone,AFRL,Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, biomimetics,biological camouflage,biomineralization,polypeptide-templated Synthesis,hexagonal silica platelets,Heilmeier Catechism, human per